Escapist storytelling has been with us even before Homer and his audience sat around the fire spinning tales. The human soul needs both serious works and books that are purely intended to entertain. But escapism is allowed only to certain groups. So Who Gets to Escape?

Pipedreamergrey is a hardcore geek who has never met a fandom he didn't like. Whether blogging, gaming, or programming, he can usually be found online hiding behind a web handle created back when web handles were still cool. His twin passions are vintage science fiction and the modern day technologies making that fiction an everyday reality.